How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Molotov added that…the Soviet Government intended to justify its procedures as follows: The Polish State had disintegrated and no longer existed; therefore all agreements concluded with Poland were void: third powers might try to profit by the chaos which had risen; the Soviet Government considered itself obligated to intervene to protect its Ukrainian and White Russian brothers and make it possible for these unfortunate people to work in peace. (4.18.15)
Nazis weren't the only propaganda masters in the war. The Soviets also created a "shabby" pretext for invading Poland. Poland was the unfortunate victim of lies from the right and the left and was wiped off the map.
Quote #5
[…] on August 26, he ordered his envoys in Brussels and The Hague to inform the respective governments that in the event of an outbreak of war, "Germany will in no circumstances impair the inviolability of Belgium and Holland," an assurance which he repeated publicly on October 6, after the conclusion of the Polish campaign. The very next day, October 7, General von Brauchitsch advised his army group commanders, at Hitler's prompting, to make all arrangements for immediate invasion of Dutch and Belgian territory, if the political situation so demands. (4.21.12)
This was the M.O. of the Nazi regime: to reassure countries of their good intentions all the while massing troops on the border with the intent to invade. How do you think those deceived world leaders felt about falling for these lies?
Quote #6
On the morning of May 14, a German staff officer from the XXXIXth Corps had crossed the bridge at Rotterdam and demanded the surrender of the city. He warned that unless it capitulated it would be bombed. While surrender negotiations were underway […] bombers appeared and wiped out the heart of the great city. Some eight hundred persons, almost entirely civilians, were massacred, several thousand wounded, and 78,000 made homeless. (4.21.46)
At their Nuremberg trials, Goering denied that they knew the surrender was going on. Shirer tells us that the German Army archives suggest they they absolutely knew. Unfortunately for many war criminals, those archives contained enough truths to convict them.